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Baseball: Rider blanks squad as bats remain cold

Baseball: Rider blanks squad as bats remain cold

The baseball team was looking for a spark heading into the stretch run of the Ivy League season. What Princeton (9-14 overall, 2-6 Ivy League) received was a 6-0 drubbing from in-state rival Rider (12-12) that was not even as close as the score might indicate. Broncs southpaw pitcher Derek Caldwell had his fastball in tip-top shape, scattering just four hits over eight innings for the win.

SPORTS | 04/07/2009

Men's Volleyball: Tigers top Highlanders 3-0 for Senior Night win

On Tuesday, hundreds of seniors in three departments — English, history and the Wilson School — turned in thousands of pages and millions of words in their senior theses. But they might have only needed two words to describe the men’s volleyball game that night.

SPORTS | 04/07/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton sneaks by Quakers

After celebrating an impressive 12-8 victory over then-No. 2 Syracuse on Saturday, the men’s lacrosse team had to switch gears quickly and prepare for a Tuesday evening matchup against Ivy League rival Penn. Led by four goals from senior attack Tommy Davis, Princeton eked out a 10-9 overtime win in Philadelphia.

SPORTS | 04/07/2009

Baseball: Late-game rally ends in loss

After spring break, the baseball team seemed to be firing on all cylinders and was peaking right before the start of the Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 04/06/2009

Softball: Tolfa's gem highlights 1-0 victory

Sophomore righthander Michelle Tolfa was not just effectively wild in her second start of the weekend ? she was spectacularly wild.

SPORTS | 04/06/2009

Track & Field: Pessala sets school hammer throw record at Sam Howell Invitational

Members of the men’s and women’s track teams cleaned up at the Sam Howell Invitational, held last weekend on their home turf of Weaver Stadium. Both Tiger squads competed against 16 other schools, including Ivy League opponents Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale.

SPORTS | 04/06/2009

Men's Golf: April showers leave Princeton stuck in rough

The men’s golf team traveled to coal mine country last weekend to compete in the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W. Va., and finished last in the field of 16. The tournament was the Tigers’ first of the spring season, and the competition, the difficult course and the windy conditions did not make their return to the golf course easier.

SPORTS | 04/06/2009

Men's Volleyball: Fatigue, deja vu reign in loss to Springfield

After taking the opening set of its match by a sizable 11-point margin, the men’s volleyball team was looking to avenge its Feb. 28 loss to Springfield College on Springfield’s home court last Friday.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Fiorito puts Tigers in national spotlight

EAST RUTHERFORD — The first quarter of the men’s lacrosse team’s monumental 12-8 win over No. 2 Syracuse at Giants Stadium on Saturday was relatively uneventful. But in the first five minutes of the second quarter, while holding a fragile 3-2 lead, the No. 5 Tigers set the tone for the rest of the game.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Lowly Bulldogs no match for Drumm & Co.

Sophomore attack Lizzy Drumm was held scoreless for the first time this season last Wednesday night. Four days later, she bounced back in a big way, scoring five goals to lead the No. 7 women’s lacrosse team to a 15-6 rout over hapless Yale (3-8 overall, 0-4 Ivy League).

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Water Polo: Terps topple Tigers in overtime

Despite finally showing a resolve that has been lacking for much of the season, the women?s water polo team fell 11-9 in overtime against No.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Crew: Winds wreak havoc for men and women

The conditions were windy and blustery on Lake Carnegie this Saturday, but that didn’t prevent the men’s and women’s lightweight crews from succeeding on the water. The No. 1 lightweight men performed especially well in their race against No. 3 Navy.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton topples Syracuse at Giants Stadium

EAST RUTHERFORD — Coming into the men’s lacrosse team’s showdown against Syracuse last Saturday, the biggest question was who would triumph in the battle between the Tigers’ young but talented defense and the Orange’s dynamic offense. The answer was clear.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Tennis: Capkovic strong against Yale, Brown, but Tigers winless on weekend

One week after pulling out a close victory over Penn to open its Ivy League season, the men’s tennis team suffered disappointing back-to-back losses, falling 4-3 to Yale on Friday and 5-2 to Brown the next day. Princeton (9-8 overall) appeared to be evenly matched against both teams, and key moments in either match could have easily shifted the momentum the Tigers’ way.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Water Polo: Win vs. Wagner sets stage for weekend

On Friday evening, Princeton (13-9 overall, 2-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association [CWPA] Southern Division) travels to Lewisburg, Pa., to face Bucknell (15-11, 2-1) for the second time in one week.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Baseball: For Princeton, the time is now

The baseball team enters play this weekend in a precarious position. There are only five weeks of Ivy League games each season, and the Tigers have already dug themselves a hole.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

On the Prowl #3

Sports writers discuss the men's hockey team's gut-wrenching 5-4 overtime loss to UMD at the NCAA tournament last weekend, the baseball team's recent struggles and the much-anticipated men's lacrosse matchup between No. 5 Princeton and No. 2 Syracuse at Giants Stadium on Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Web Update: Men's lacrosse beats Syracuse 12-8

EAST RUTHERFORD — In a game that featured stellar play on both sides of the restraining line, the No. 5 men's lacrosse team defeated No. 2 Syracuse 12-8 in a game at Giants Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Softball: Ivy title defense resumes on road

The softball team’s Ivy League title defense is hitting the road for the first time this weekend. Its show opened to mixed reviews last weekend, as the Tigers split doubleheaders with both Yale and Brown. A week of solid practice has the star-studded cast aiming for a clean sweep against Ivy North co-leaders Harvard and Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Women's Lacrosse: No. 7 Tigers face league foe Bulldogs

Coming off strong wins against Cornell and Columbia, the women’s lacrosse team will head to New Haven, Conn., this weekend to play rival Yale in Princeton’s third Ivy League game of the season.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

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